It’s widespread observe for Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery to shuffle the Black and Gold’s ahead traces.
It was no totally different when the Bruins hit the ice at Warrior Ice Area on Monday. Right here’s the most recent tweak from Boston’s bench boss:
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Justin Brazeau
Trent Frederic — Charlie Coyle — Tyler Johnson
Johnny Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Cole Koepke
Matt Poitras
Montgomery reunited the Bruins’ best line of Beecher, Kastelic and Koepke and stored a few duos collectively — Zacha and Pastrnak and Marchand and Lindholm. In a considerably stunning transfer, Poitras discovered himself the odd man out, skating because the thirteenth ahead.
“Different guys getting a possibility,” was the rationale Montgomery informed reporters of Poitras not skating on a line, per team-provided audio.
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The transfer would usually imply the 20-year-old ahead could be a wholesome scratch for the Bruins’ recreation towards the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, however a few hours later, normal supervisor Don Sweeney introduced the historic franchise assigned Poitras to the membership’s AHL affiliate in Windfall.
Poitras has averaged just below 12 minutes of ice time during the last 5 video games and solely 4 photographs on objective throughout that point.
“Extra of an affect within the recreation,” Montgomery stated of what he’s in search of from Poitras. “Making extra performs. Understanding our construction.”
The 2022 second-round decide has 11 turnovers throughout 14 video games, one which led to an Ottawa 3-on-1 in Saturday’s time beyond regulation loss. Montgomery offered an sincere evaluation of Poitras final week when he praised the younger ahead’s creativity and aggressive fireplace. Nonetheless, he famous how Poitras places himself in “dangerous conditions” and must study from these.
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Sending Poitras to Windfall is sensible for the event of his recreation and for his future throughout the group.
Enjoying video games within the AHL means Poitras will most certainly see extra ice time and have the chance to skate in all situations, together with the ability play and penalty kill.
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Poitras was not eligible to play within the AHL final season attributable to his age however made the massive membership out of camp. He performed in 35 video games, tallying 15 factors, earlier than having season-ending shoulder surgical procedure in February.
The Bruins had two different younger gamers, Beecher and Mason Lohrei, spend time in Windfall final season, and the pair definitely made an affect in Boston once they returned. The hope is Poitras can have the identical sort of growth and affect throughout his time within the AHL.
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